As the title suggests, I AM freezing in the library. Currently waiting for Ken to pick me up; we’re going to his brother’s girlfriend Gina’s event at A.Venue in Makati.

You can definitely feel love in the air here in school, as I see couples more touchy and clingy than usual. I also witnessed a girl getting serenaded by her boyfriend in the middle of her Spanish class–the whole class, including the prof, was into the whole thing. The boyfriend even brought his own audience with him, a couple of my friends included. (Good job Budoy. )

Last night, I put this in my Facebook status:

This Valentine’s Day, I wish for roses and a short love note. Old-fashioned? Maybe so; I believe in the little things. ♥

I’m not into overwhelmingly huge gestures or tokens of love…

…

Okay, who am I kidding? I DO want that.

With all seriousness, though, I think Valentine’s Day is overrated–while I do appreciate the whole giving of roses and acts of I’ll-shower-you-with-affection-now-more-than-ever, I think what matters is what you do in the rest of the 364 days of the year before the next Valentine’s Day arrives. Sometimes, couples take each other for granted and just end up practically not “connecting,” like they just go about the daily grind each and every day for the rest of the year without apparent regard for their partners. But when Valentine’s Day (or Christmas. Or New Year.) is right around the corner, people automatically become sweeter and more thoughtful towards one another than usual.

Case in point: My parents. It’s only during Valentine’s Day (well, okay, also during their birthdays) that they think of giving one another Hallmark cards not even personalized for the other, or bouquets of flowers. I honestly think it’s kind of sad. Well I guess it’s harder for them to make any effort to actually go out of their way and actually make time for a single night for just them, and nothing else; with their work keeping them preoccupied and all. And I guess that kind of thing comes naturally when you’ve gotten old and you’ve reached that point where gestures of love and a couple of sweet nothings are not needed–it’s understood you both love each other, blahblah, “it’s okay, I’ll give you roses next year,” but one actually forgets.

So I guess, when I can actually afford it–because let’s face it, I honestly don’t want to touch my savings from my allowance everyday; I’m thinking of one day putting them to good use–I promise I won’t forget to give my significant other a special something during Valentine’s Day, or any occasion of the year, or any ordinary day of the year, for that matter. Because, truth is, they might say the material things are insignificant, but I believe it’s those little material things that make you remember special memories that you made with your significant other.

♥